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Salar Nizam's petition, 1911
Fathʻali Salar Nizam writes to the Majlis to lodge a complaint against Sayyid Qasim, who took the bride of Salar Nizam's nephew and her dowry to his home. The bride is the daughter of Salar Nizam's wife from her ex-husband. The young couple have been married for six months, but are being kept away from each other. Sayyid Qasim's wife is the bride's maternal aunt, and according to Salar Nizam, Sayyid Qasim has deceived the bride in order to claim her share of the inheritance that was transferred to her brother when she was still underage. Salar Nizam says that the girl was not underage and...
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Petition of a Jewish man, 1911
Petition of a Jewish man who writes to the Majlis that he was supposed to marry a Jewish girl and had given her father, Sulayman, 200 tumans. However, Sulayman and his family converted to Islam, as a result of which the marriage was cancelled. Sulayman has now declared that the wrtier must convert to Islam (which he is unwilling to do) before he will return the man's money.
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Hadi Kurdistani's petition, 1925
Hadi Kurdistani complains against Haji Khan, who murdered his father, Aqa Khan, married his mother, and seized his and his family's property.
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Surur al-Saltanah and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk love letters, 1909 to 1910
Love letters of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash), son of Karim Dad Khan, to Surur al-Saltanah, daughter of Zarrin Kulah Khanum and Khazin al-Mulk, accompanied by some envelopes and part of a letter, probably from Surur al-Saltanah to Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk. These letters were most likely written during the time between their ‘Aqd (formal contract of marriage) and ‘Arusi (marriage celebration and consummation), while Surur al-Saltanah was living in Tehran and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk was traveling between Tehran and Khurasan; the letters have also been separately included in this collection;...